No, you need not.
The United States has nothing to be defensive about. Egeland and the UN can go pound sand.
When my liberal friends tell me how much the world hates the US I tell them that I will start worrying about their feelings as soon as they start sending back the foreign aid checks.
Charitable giving in the US 2003: 240 BILLION
60% of food aid to the world comes from US
15 BILLION to fight aides in Africa
I could go on...